Five Things To Do This Weekend: June 25-27, 2010

Brian Mackey

Friday

Jun 25, 2010 at 12:01 AMJun 25, 2010 at 8:25 PM

By Brian Mackey

YEARN. Local writer Tara McClellan McAndrew based much of her new play, “Yearning to Breathe Free,” on real-life stories of Europeans immigrating to America in the early 1900s. Performances are at 8 p.m. today through Sunday at Theatre in the Park in Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site, near Petersburg. Tickets: $12 adults, $10 senior citizens, $7 children under 12; call 632-5440 or 800-710-9290 or visit www.theatreinthepark.net.

Isabel Kurlakowski (Valerie Parga) holds her belongings as she looks out from the deck of a ship heading to America during a dress rehearsal for "Yearning to Breathe Free." (David Spencer/The State Journal-Register)

ROCK. The band Venice will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. With a California sound said to recall that of the Eagles and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Venice has never found massive success in the U.S. But that hasn’t dampened enthusiasm for the group in Europe. In 2003, Venice won an Edison Award in The Netherlands (think of it as the Dutch Grammy). The other nominees in the Best International Artist category that year were a couple of also-rans named Coldplay and U2. The concert is being billed as a benefit for Southwind Park, SPARC and the Hoogland Center. Tickets cost $42 and are available at the Hoogland Center box office, 523-2787.

ROLL. The band NeedToBreathe (“More Time,” “You Are Here,” “The Outsiders”) has earned fans of both rock and Christian music. The group is to perform Monday* at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. The Springfield-based Micah Walk Band is scheduled to open the show, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $18 in advance or $20 day of show, are available at the Hoogland Center box office, 523-2787.

WATCH. See a free preview of an upcoming musical during “A Glimpse of ‘The Piazza’” at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site in downtown Springfield. The event previews the musical “The Light in the Piazza,” which will be performed July 16-25 at Theater in the Park at Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site.

* I know, technically not the weekend, but they're kind of a big deal.

By Brian Mackey

YEARN. Local writer Tara McClellan McAndrew based much of her new play, “Yearning to Breathe Free,” on real-life stories of Europeans immigrating to America in the early 1900s. Performances are at 8 p.m. today through Sunday at Theatre in the Park in Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site, near Petersburg. Tickets: $12 adults, $10 senior citizens, $7 children under 12; call 632-5440 or 800-710-9290 or visit www.theatreinthepark.net.

Isabel Kurlakowski (Valerie Parga) holds her belongings as she looks out from the deck of a ship heading to America during a dress rehearsal for "Yearning to Breathe Free." (David Spencer/The State Journal-Register)

ROCK. The band Venice will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. With a California sound said to recall that of the Eagles and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Venice has never found massive success in the U.S. But that hasn’t dampened enthusiasm for the group in Europe. In 2003, Venice won an Edison Award in The Netherlands (think of it as the Dutch Grammy). The other nominees in the Best International Artist category that year were a couple of also-rans named Coldplay and U2. The concert is being billed as a benefit for Southwind Park, SPARC and the Hoogland Center. Tickets cost $42 and are available at the Hoogland Center box office, 523-2787.

ROLL. The band NeedToBreathe (“More Time,” “You Are Here,” “The Outsiders”) has earned fans of both rock and Christian music. The group is to perform Monday* at the Hoogland Center for the Arts, 420 S. Sixth St. The Springfield-based Micah Walk Band is scheduled to open the show, which begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $18 in advance or $20 day of show, are available at the Hoogland Center box office, 523-2787.

WATCH. See a free preview of an upcoming musical during “A Glimpse of ‘The Piazza’” at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Old State Capitol State Historic Site in downtown Springfield. The event previews the musical “The Light in the Piazza,” which will be performed July 16-25 at Theater in the Park at Lincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site.

* I know, technically not the weekend, but they're kind of a big deal.

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